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Topic: Ray Allen (Read 4187 times)

Im new to the Board so I figured this would be a good place for my 1st post.

My name is Ray Allen and live in San Antonio, TX. Will be 27yrs old on Feb 1st. Married going on 7 years in April.

My beautiful wife Nikki and I enjoy beer a lot. Not the cheap bud light, millers, coors etc.. We prefer a good quality beer and do not mind spending a little extra to have it. Some of my beers of choice Hoegaarden, Blvd Wheat, Smithwicks, Newcastle, Alien Ale just to name a few. My wife prefers IPAs, as of lately Dogfish head.

My wife and I travel a lot and there is always a emphasis on finding new unique beers and brew houses while away.

I have been wanting to brew beer for sometime now. This Christmas my wife surprised me with a Brew kit from Brewers Best out of Flagstaff, AZ which if you havn't been is a great place. She bought the kit and it came with the basics needed and a copy of Zymurgy An Introduction to Homebrewing, I read the entire magazine last night in bed. A great read and so easy to understand. Im 100% positive I could brew a beer right now; maybe not a good beer, but a beer none the less. Im a sucker for Wheats/Weizens and Nikki bought that for my 1st brew.

Im fairly decent at water chemistry from years of being in the saltwater reef aquarium hobby, so I know way around using a hydrometer which is going to come in handy. Im also a fairly good cook if I say so myself and have a decent palate.

I have not purchased any bottles yet, but will be doing that this week. Really excited about brewing my 1st beer and hope to start no later than this weekend.

Thanks for reading and hope to be posting a lot more hear in the very near future.

You might hit those QC friends up with a request to save brown pry-off bottles for ya too. Just remind them to rinse them out real good right after they're poured. It amazes me how much gunk can grow from those few drops left in the bottle. Cheers!!!

Our water not so good for beer. More on that later but for your beginning efforts you might as well go get some Ozarka from HEB. If you have a RO system that should suffice for the extract brews but if you plan to move into grain brewing then you'll need a heads up about what to do.

You'll find a wealth of information, experience and opinion here at the AHA. Don't feel that any question is too silly or ridiculous. Please ask away...

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The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool. -Richard P. Feynman

Our water not so good for beer. More on that later but for your beginning efforts you might as well go get some Ozarka from HEB. If you have a RO system that should suffice for the extract brews but if you plan to move into grain brewing then you'll need a heads up about what to do.

You'll find a wealth of information, experience and opinion here at the AHA. Don't feel that any question is too silly or ridiculous. Please ask away...

Good to see a fellow south/central Texan.

Thank you for the water advice. My house has a water softner and I do have a RO/DI unit for drinking/cooking and my saltwater aquarium. The TDS reads 0 on that baby.